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Tijuana has announced they will be moving the 6000 people who were part of various migrant caravans to a new venue, citing “bad sanitary conditions” in the sports arena they have been using since the caravans arrived.
Officials said they won’t force anyone out of their current venue, but declared they would no longer give free food and medical services at the old venue. New Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is starting to fulfill his promise of addressing the issue locally as well as at the sources of the problem in Central America.
Tijuana closes caravan shelter, moves migrants further from border
We really should take a moment to give the Mexican government credit here. The new administration under AMLO (the incoming president) seems to be gearing up to keep their promises. Rather than turning a blind eye or even helping migrants to illegally cross the border, they’ve been holding the line and arresting the ones they find breaking the law. When it came time to move the migrant encampment, they moved them further away from the border rather than closer to it. And during one of his most recent speeches, AMLO announced that he was signing an agreement with the leaders of Honduras and Guatemala to help create jobs and increase security in those nations to remove the fundamental drivers of mass migration and these caravans.
Meanwhile, reports are surfacing of extreme medical issues within the caravan, including several cases of highly communicable diseases and life-threatening illnesses such as AIDS.
One-third of migrants in caravan are being treated for health issues, Tijuana health official says
Migrants who came with the caravan are suffering from respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues, Tijuana’s Health Department warned on Thursday morning.
The spokesman told Fox News that out of 6,000 migrants currently residing in the city, over a third of them (2,267) are being treated for health-related issues.
There are three confirmed cases of tuberculosis, four cases of HIV/AIDS and four separate cases of chickenpox, the spokesman said.
My Take
While the situations are very different, this is quickly becoming similar to the conditions that prompted many European nations to accept refugees from the Middle East during the Syrian civil war that fundamentally changed conditions throughout the EU. The scale here is much lower, but it’s also more visible.
Mexico seems to be acting appropriately by trying to mitigate the potential humanitarian crisis that is arising. The United States is rightly focused on preventing illegal border crossings and moving the asylum process forward as quickly as possible, but the numbers may soon be overwhelming for both sides of the border.
One thing we cannot do is keep pointing fingers at the migrants themselves. Are they to blame for their situation? Absolutely. That’s already been established. Now is the time to change course and come up with solutions. The damage is done. We didn’t ask for this problem and many would say it’s still not our problem, but if it’s allowed to continue it’s going to harm our status on the world stage. The UN spin machine pushed by proponents of open borders will use this situation to condemn America.
Better temporary facilities could be erected quickly. By coordinating with the Mexican government, who have claimed to want to help the migrants as best they can, we can prevent the situation from blowing up, ensuring this situation doesn’t turn into a disaster on the world stage.
At this point, Mexico and the United States must work together to do two things: prevent anyone from crossing illegally and reduce the turmoil that could lead to migrant deaths. It’s possible to defend our sovereignty while assisting those in need.
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